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Incorporated into : 1913 [[Cape Town]]
Incorporated into : 1913 [[Cape Town]]


[[File:rondebos.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:rondebos.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Official blazon
|-
|'''Afrikaans'''
| blazon wanted
|-
|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms as illustrated are, heraldically speaking, very poor. The arms were probably never registered, but only used by the municipality. I have no official image, but the above image is scanned from a picture in the old town hall, by the Evening Post newspaper.
The arms as illustrated are, heraldically speaking, very poor. The arms were probably never registered, but only used by the municipality. I have no official image, but the above image is from a stained-glass window in the town hall (image by Mike Oettle).


The central device is a landscape drawing enclosed in a horizontal oval
The central device is a landscape drawing enclosed in a horizontal oval
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